(JollofNews) – A former navy chief of Guinea-Bissau who was arrested three years ago in a U.S. drug sting off the West African coast was sentenced on Tuesday to four years in prison, most of which he has already served, for conspiring to facilitate the shipment of cocaine to the[Read More…]
Year: 2016
What Do You Do With Your Life After You’ve Already Been The World’s Youngest Dictator?
(JollofNews) – Valentine Strasser was once the world’s youngest dictator, ruling Sierra Leone for four turbulent years. But his fall from power left him broken, exiled, and eventually back home as a mysterious and feared recluse. BuzzFeed News makes an uninvited house call. The run-down mansion rising above the Freetown[Read More…]
Senegal: Child Prisoners Learn Fencing To Stay Out Of Trouble
(JollofNews) – Inside Senegal’s state penitentiary, jailed minors form an orderly queue. They are being driven away from the prison in Thiès to enter a studio and fight. Senegal is experimenting with a new form of restorative justice where these child prisoners – whose offenses range from violence to theft[Read More…]
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